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The boat's gonna leave : a study of children learning a second language from conversations with other children / Anca M. Nemoianu.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nemoianu, Anca M.
- Series:
- Pragmatics & beyond ; 1.
- Pragmatics & beyond ; no. 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Conversation.
- Language acquisition.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (123 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam : J. Benjamins, 1980.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This essay attempts to show how a second language is acquired by very young children in the process of socialization with other children. The study seeks to integrate the process of second language learning in the general framework of child development, concentrating in particular on the development of language and conversational skills.
- Contents:
- THE BOAT'S GONNA LEAVE: A Study of Children Learning a Second Language from Conversations with Other Children
- Editorial page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Table of contents
- 1.INTRODUCTION
- 1.1 Purpose of the study
- 1.2 Background: play, thought, language, and social skills
- 1.3 Conversation, play, and second language acquisition
- 1.4 Why conversation-play ?
- 2. DESCRIPTION OF THE STUDY
- 2.1 The subjects
- 2.2 Data collection
- 2.3 Conversation topic
- 2.4 Situated and displaced speech
- 3. FIRST STEPS
- 3.1 Routines in situated speech
- 3.2 Language learning in situated speech discourse
- 3. 3 Summary
- 4. TOWARDS CONVERSATION
- 4.1 Sound-play
- 4.2 "Pretend" conversation-play
- 4.3 Language learning in displaced language discourse
- 4. 4 Summary
- 5. CONVERSATIONAL STRATEGIES
- 5.1 Argument
- 5.2 A matter of involvement
- 5.3 A matter of flexibility
- 5.4 A matter of ambiguity
- 5.5 Summary
- 6. CONCLUSIONS
- 6.1 General findings
- 6.2 Implications for research
- 6.3 Implications for education
- FOOTNOTES
- REFERENCES
- The series PRAGMATICS &
- BEYOND series.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-04739-X
- 9786613047397
- 90-272-8653-1
- OCLC:
- 720622611
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